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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Religion = Therapeutic Individualism? --> Religious Anarchy

sounds familiar? or totally not... that's kinda where we're headed.... it's a very bad bad place...

"The saccharine sentiments of Max Ehrmann's 1927 poem "Desiderata" -- "Be gentle with yourself...be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be" -- may calm the hearts of millions, but they are like chum on the water to critics of therapeutic individualism."

how many times do we fall into this trap? God is whatever we want Him to be.... Christianity is whatever we perceive it to be... Where have all our principles and standards gone? why do we form some messed up kind of theology based on our "experience" of God? why are we so apathetic --> we no longer want to grow deeper in our knowledge and understanding of Him through theology (and thus we name it "boring").... why do we knowingly accept truths that are so watered down without even critically analyzing and reflecting?

and what's worse yet...is that the Christian-church is also feeding us this watered-down theology.

so what are you gonna do about it? what can we do about it? ---- think....and leave your comments below.

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sorry to kinda switch gears now.... but i have been tagged... o_O i never like doing these things...but it's been on JT's blog for awhile now...and so i must follow... i am supposed to make an entry on five random things about myself and then tag someone else with a blog...

1. i don't like chocolate. (except for white chocolate, but i even can't take too much of that)... yeah...chocolate does not taste good. It has this nasty bitter aftertaste that i really don't like... and the darker the chocolate, the worse it is... it's wierd...i don't mind a couple chocolate bars tho...do not ask me why... my food cravings just work that way... so...Kit Kats, Skor bar, and reese's pieces are alrite...but if there were other snacks available, i would definitely eat that.. (ie. chips)

2. I don't like it when people crack their knuckles. yeah.. ever since high school..i dunno why. i think it's gross and nasty. enough said. and it can't be healthy for your bones.

3. Apparently, i get "wierd" after 9:30 p.m. -- yeah... again, i do not know the reason why... in first year, betty says it used to be 10 or 11...and now that i'm in 3rd year, it has bumped down to 9:30....i think my brain gets a little more incoherent after 9:30... and i start to say things that...make sense in my brain...but don't in other people's eyes... ahhhh...and i don't "get" things as often after 9:30.... it's a wierd phenomenon... i can't control it.

4. Despite what you might think, i do actually enjoy sports. just not hockey... =P i like playing basketball, volleyball, and PING PONG!! (yes, ping pong IS a sport... i saw it on CBC Sports channel b4).... yeah... i still play ping pong here and there..but volleyball and basketball... well... not so much anymore since 1st year university... since then...i think my physical fitness has decreased sooo much >_< now i try to make myself feel better by telling myself that i walk really fast to and from class..so that is some good exercise =P (everyday too :D)

5. my cell phone dislikes me. it is mean. every once in a while, the cell phone screen turns blank..and therefore, i can't see who is calling me anymore and i can't call people using the phonebook on the phone... also.. it's just annoying cuz then i dunno when people are calling me long d anymore... thus, i am forced to pay long d when my cell phone decides to have a spaz attack on me... o_O


so..apparently i gotta tag 5 other people now: Alex Chen, Sarah Joy Wong, Enoch Wong, Johnny Au, and Esther Liu

posted by ~*~VaNeSsA~*~  -- 7:02 p.m.

1 Comments:

ya. i kno wut u mean. ppl these days just want the front cover and the back page. they don't want to read the stuff in between. its a fast-paced world and ppl don't want to take the time to find out these things. but as Christians we must. we need to find out the why's and how's because we are put in situations where we must explain to non-christians what Christianity is all about. we can't just say i unno. we gotta know. we must know. there's no excuse. and if it's "boring" then you aren't really "feeling" God. anything in life that you are interested in will be interesting, but if you don't have the passion for something you will think it's "boring". so you have to change your frame of mind.

ooh. i got tagged. i'll blog bout that after the psych midterm.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:09 p.m.  

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